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Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou
Part of the Operation Prosperity Guardian and the Red Sea crisis
Date
30–31 December 2023
Location
Red Sea, Gulf of Aden
Result
United States victory
Maersk pauses shipping through the Red Sea for 48 hours.[1]
Belligerents
Yemen (SPC)
United States
Commanders and leaders
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi[citation needed]
Marc Miguez[2]
Units involved
Yemeni Navy (SPC)
Houthis
United States Navy
Maersk private security contractors
Strength
Four fast attack craft[3] Coastal missile batteries
One freighter One aircraft carrier Two destroyers
Casualties and losses
Three fast attack craft sunk 10 killed[4]
One civilian freighter damaged
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Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou
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Sinking of the MV Rubymar
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Assassination of Saleh al-Arouri
See also
Gaza humanitarian crisis
Healthcare collapse
Children
Premature babies
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Attacks
Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou
2023 attack on the Chem Pluto
Marlin Luanda missile strike
Sinking of the MV Rubymar
Military operations
Operation Prosperity Guardian
Operation Aspides
Operation Poseidon Archer
Diplomacy
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2722
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Environmental impact
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Blockade
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Cholera
COVID-19
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Locust infestation
Refugees on Jeju Island
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Tower 22 drone attack
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Sayyed Razi Mousavi assassination
2024 Erbil attack
Assassination of Sadegh Omidzadeh
2024 Homs airstrikes
Iranian consulate airstrike
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Yemen and the Red Sea
Red Sea crisis
Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou
Galaxy Leader hijacking
Attack on the Chem Pluto
Marlin Luanda missile strike
Operation Prosperity Guardian (Combined Task Force 153)
2024 missile strikes
Deaths
Alim Abdallah
Issam Abdallah
Saleh al-Arouri
Ali Hussein Barji
Razi Mousavi
Wissam al-Tawil
Sadegh Omidzadeh
Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi
Mohammad Reza Zahedi
Related topics
Iran–Israel proxy conflict
Hezbollah–Israel conflict
On 30 December 2023, Houthi forces in the Gulf of Aden attacked the Maersk commercial vessel Maersk Hangzhou. Early the next day, Houthis again attacked the Maersk Hangzhou, attempting to board the freighter. The Maersk Hangzhou made a distress signal, to which U.S. Navy forces of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and destroyer USS Gravely responded. The U.S., along with Maersk security personnel aboard the ship, repelled the attack. The U.S. sank three Houthi vessels, killing ten Houthis. Maersk announced a 48-hour pause on shipping through the Red Sea following the incident.[1]
^ abGronholt-pedersen, Jacob; Elimam, Ahmed (31 December 2023). "US sinks 3 ships, kills 10 after Houthi Red Sea attack". Reuters. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
^Correll, Diana (24 December 2023). "Ford and Eisenhower carriers will come home, eventually". Navy Times. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
^Javeri, Ashka; Soltani, Amin; Moore, Johanna; Mills, Peter; Carl, Nicholas (31 December 2023). "Iran Update, December 31, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^LaGrone, Sam (31 December 2023). "U.S. Navy Helo Crews Kill Houthi Assault Boat Teams After Red Sea Attack". USNI News. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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